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Subj: STS-79 Rev 55 Orbital Data
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S T S - 7 9 O R B I T A L D A T A
Below is the current State Vector and Keplerian Elements for STS-79.
The vector data comes from NASA; the orbital parameters were computed
from the vector. Hourly vector updates are available from NASA GSFC
OIG RAID RBBS at (301) 262-6782 or by telnet: oig1.gsfc.nasa.gov
(UserID = oig / Password = goddard1).
Vector format = 117
Satellite Name: STS-79
Catalog Number: 24324 96057A
Epoch Date/Time: 96263.79532638900
09/19/1996 19:05:16.200 UTC
EFG E: -1256437 ft
F: -22010817 ft
G: -2264193 ft
Edot: 14208.22 ft/s
Fdot: 1186.82 ft/s
Gdot: -19619.80 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag): 0.00006041638 rev/day^2
nddt/6: 1.55807E-10 rev/day^3
Bstar: 6.75928E-05 1/Earth Radii
Elset #: 18
Rev @ Epoch: 55.52053099118
Launch was 16-SEP-96 / 08:54:49.062 UTC
The following Keplerian elements were computed by VEC2TLE from this
vector using a 1.0 drag multiplier:
STS-79
1 24324U 96057A 96263.79532639 .00006042 15581-9 67593-4 0 189
2 24324 51.6509 7.3468 0009400 186.2952 1.0903 15.61992207 552
Satellite: STS-79
Catalog number: 24324
Epoch time: 96263.79532639
Element set: 18
Inclination: 51.6509 deg
RA of node: 7.3468 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0009400
Arg of perigee: 186.2952 deg
Mean anomaly: 1.0903 deg
Mean motion: 15.61992207 rev/day
Decay rate: 6.04164e-05 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 55
Checksum: 305
VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:
ftp.amsat.org /amsat/software/PC/util
Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org
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